Allmusic.com’s info about Jimmy Raney: Allmusic-Jimmy Raney
I’ve been working on some of Jimmy Raney’s fingerings, and overall technique from a video I found on Youtube.
Below is a link to the licks I lifted from the video. They are in tab with fingerings indicated.
Jimmy Raney - There Will Never Be Another You.pdf
My good friend and colleague Mark Shark has a new book. It is literally his life’s work. I have many fond memories of hanging and working out the transcriptions for this book. There is so much unexplored harmonic territory waiting on those pages. It’s another world once you twist those keys and this book IS the roadmap.
Check out other comments:
“Deeply connected to the entire universe, The Tao of Tunings is beautiful… Mark Shark has created a book of tremendous value for anyone interested in thinking, felling , or playing in alternate tunings.”
-Jackson Browne
“I love Mark Shark’s playing… he’s crafted a very cool and clear book about the soul and wonder of alternate tunings.”
- Bonnie Raitt
“This book is great and it is timely. It is the best book I have seen about alternative tunings”
- Jerry Hahn (professor Wichita State University)
“All you need to get it is to hear Mark play. His musical examples alone will inspire you to pick up your guitar and start twisting the tuners.”
-Keith Wyatt (Guitarist for the Blasters and author for Hal Leonard)
Official Site: taooftunings.com
My wife says I’m a poster child for California. She maybe right. So I’m sharing a few shots of home because I do love it here.
Palos Verdes Sunset. Surfing and hanging in P.V. changed me a little. Walking a dirt path surrounded by wildflowers ending in groomed 5ft waves with no one out makes for some good soul searcing.
A shot from the TV show “the O.C.”. Ironically it’s filmed in Redondo Beach (L.A. county). That’s Torrance Beach down below, where I learned to surf.
the Rivera village is my favorite place to eat and shop and work. I teach there 5 days a week.
Those of you hear for guitar stuff: here you go: Minor Tonic Minor Dominant
This is some stuff that Ron Eschete told me to go home and work on.
Sometimes my gigs decide what I’m going to work on and/or listen to daily. For the past 2 weeks the gigs called for heavy ’surf guitar’ and in the process of researching my role I found a some gems, my favorite of which is Duane Eddy. Have a listen.
The guitar solo. The ‘junk”that every Meth fan wants. Ahh the chromatic little ’shifty bits’. All kidding aside I worked on this for a long time and with some help from one of the best set of ears on the planet (Neil Laferty - http://neillaferty.com/) I think it’s legit.
I wrote this tune out for a student. It had been years since I worked on this one but it is one of those tunes that I still reference.
